Through the Ivory Gate
Seamus Heaney introduced his translation of Beowulf with these words: [...]
A psalm rises: Poems after Antonio Machado
Translator's Note On January 27, 1939, in torrential rain, the [...]
Absolute Solitude
Born to a wealthy family in 1902, Dulce María Loynaz [...]
Until My Resurrection
If César Vallejo had been born in the South Bronx [...]
Bubbly in the Vulva
"Bubbly in the Vulva" is the opening poem in Stormwarning, [...]
Sudden Death
It’s a little disheartening to think I may have already [...]
In Other Words
In Other Words, Jhumpa Lahiri’s new memoir, is first and [...]
Aftenmalkning: Evening Milking
"Evening Milking" takes place on a razor’s edge, on the [...]
That Golden Self: Poems by Zang Di
An inveterate traveler and obsessive observer, Zang Di uses his [...]
I, Lonesome, Writing: Poems by Paul Celan
Dichten, the German word for writing poetry, literally means “to [...]